Water bird festival

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The water bird festival is a custom that was maintained in the communities of Neuhausen and Moosach (today districts of Munich ) until 1828 . It may date from pagan times and was later adapted to Christianity. It came to an end when King Ludwig I.

course

The person who was the last to appear for the service was designated as the water bird or “Pentecost” on Whit Monday . Pentecost was decorated with reeds, rushes, straw, leaves and ribbons. Then he was led on a horse along what was then Dorfstrasse (now Winthirstrasse ) past the Großwirt to Rotkreuzplatz , where he was immersed in what was then the village pond. The wooden bird head, which the water bird had as a "scepter", was raffled. It supposedly brought protection from lightning and fire. The winner nailed him to the ridge of his barn .

On the way there, people stopped at the farms, said a saying and asked for butter, eggs, and flour. When they arrived at their destination, cakes were baked from them .

revival

In 2007 the water bird festival in Neuhausen was revived for the first time since 1828. More than four thousand people took part in the parade. They pulled from Rotkreuzplatz through Winthirstraße past the Großwirt and threw the water bird from the Gerner Bridge into the Nymphenburg Palace Canal . Since many Munich residents are on holiday at Pentecost, the festival has been moved to July. In 2009 it was celebrated again with even greater participation from the Neuhauser population. The festival has been celebrated every two years since then, the last time on July 28, 2019. 2013 was the first time a female water bird rode through the streets and was sunk in the canal.

history

Several sources report this custom, which was not only observed in the northern and western suburbs of Munich, but also in Hallertau and Lower Bavaria . It was celebrated in different ways in the individual regions. The reconstruction of the Neuhauser Geschichtswerkstatt relies on the Neuhauser copperplate engraver Albrecht Schultheiß (1855–1909), the rector of the Neuhausen school, Joseph Lipp (1855–1932) and Neuhausen's former mayor Georg Lindau (1816–1895). Lindau experienced the last water bird festival in 1828 and wrote down the course.

In 1828 the Neuhausers decided to take the water bird to the nearby Nymphenburg Palace and recite their verse to King Ludwig I. For that they had put on Rococo costumes. When they arrived in front of the castle, the Moosach water bird and his group had gotten ahead of them. A violent fight developed. Then King Ludwig I decided to ban the water bird festival.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source: Gewofag tenant newspaper, 08/2009, IV.
  2. ↑ http://www.geschichtswerkstatt-neuhausen.de/wasservogelfest.php
  3. ↑ http://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.fest-in-neuhausen-bald-fliegt-der-vogel-hier-ins-wasser.10cfdc9e-4f26-49e0-9a57-aa1b8f1cc317.html
  4. ↑ Source: Geschichtswerkstatt Neuhausen e. V. ( Memento of October 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

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